As the fateof the Sabbat Worlds campaign balances on a knife-edge, the success of the Imperial crusade rests with one high-ranking officer, captured by the dark forces of Chaos. Colonel-Commisar Ibram Gaunt leads a hand-picked strike team deep behind enemy lines to track down an imperial offier who holds strategic knowledge of Warmaster Macaroth's entire battleplan. Their mission is simple: stop him from revealing his secrets to the enemy - whatever the cost. With their lives forfeit, Gaunt and his team are the key to a mission that will bring either death or glory!
